Own to show 'All My Children' and 'One Life to Live'

1:45 PM,
Jun. 27, 2013

Written by

BRIAN STELTER,

"All My Children" and "One Life to Live," the two soap operas that were canceled by ABC and then resurrected on the Internet, are returning to television, at least temporarily, through a deal with Oprah Winfrey's cable channel OWN.

Episodes of the soaps will continue to be available on Hulu and iTunes, but starting next month they will also be shown on OWN, potentially exposing the shows to a new audience. OWN, a joint venture between Winfrey and Discovery Communications, described it as a 10-week "limited engagement" for the soaps, but if the episodes perk up ...